SECT. 1.
Obiection. CHrist by vertue of his Passion, hath set us in that first estate in which Adam was created, by take∣ing away originall sinne, for the Apostle saith, Cor. 15. 22. That as in Adam all were dead, even so in Christ all are made alive; that is, in every respect.
Ans. To cleare that and other Texts of* 1.1 Scripture, which seemeth to admit of such interpretations, it is requisite first to know the state, and condition which Man-kinde was involved in by reason of Adams transgression, by which meanes we shall with more ease discover the vertue and efficacy